Types of Restricted Sovereignty and of Colonial AutonomyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - 215 pages |
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... Philippine Islands , provides a more autonomous government for that dependency with the object of preparing the islands for ulti- mate independence . British India presents a more difficult problem . Under its present form of government ...
... Philippine Islands , provides a more autonomous government for that dependency with the object of preparing the islands for ulti- mate independence . British India presents a more difficult problem . Under its present form of government ...
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... Philippine Islands were annexed by the United States and placed under military administration . 1. First Philippine Commission . 1899 , January 20. - First Philippine Commission created under Secretary of War to investigate conditions ...
... Philippine Islands were annexed by the United States and placed under military administration . 1. First Philippine Commission . 1899 , January 20. - First Philippine Commission created under Secretary of War to investigate conditions ...
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... islands , which are thus given full authority to create their own revenue system . The commission had already framed ... Philippine Islands , and to provide a more autonomous government for those islands . " See Appendix 8 . Act declares ...
... islands , which are thus given full authority to create their own revenue system . The commission had already framed ... Philippine Islands , and to provide a more autonomous government for those islands . " See Appendix 8 . Act declares ...
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... Philippine Govern- ment shall have the authority to enact a tariff law the trade relations between the islands and the United States shall continue to be governed exclusively by laws of the Congress of the United States : Provided ...
... Philippine Govern- ment shall have the authority to enact a tariff law the trade relations between the islands and the United States shall continue to be governed exclusively by laws of the Congress of the United States : Provided ...
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... Philippine Islands : As long as the insurrection continues the military arm must necessarily be supreme . But there is no reason why steps should not be taken from time to time to inaugurate governments essentially popular in their form ...
... Philippine Islands : As long as the insurrection continues the military arm must necessarily be supreme . But there is no reason why steps should not be taken from time to time to inaugurate governments essentially popular in their form ...
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Page 168 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 125 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 162 - That no person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law; and no person for the same offense shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. That all persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses.
Page 190 - That all persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great.
Page 208 - An Act to regulate commerce,' approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, by providing for a valuation of the several classes of property of carriers subject thereto and securing information concerning their stocks, bonds, and other securities," approved March first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall not apply to Porto Rico.
Page 178 - Provided, That when duties are based upon the weight of merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse said duties shall be levied and collected upon the weight of such merchandise at the time of its entry.
Page 31 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 174 - ... to be ascertained by the oath of either party or of other competent witnesses, is involved or brought in question; and such final judgments or decrees may and can be reviewed, revised, reversed, modified, or affirmed by said Supreme Court of the United States...
Page 31 - V. That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented, thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the. United States and the people residing therein.
Page 174 - Court of the Canal Zone and to render such judgments as in the opinion of the said appellate court should have been rendered by the trial court in all actions and proceedings in which the Constitution, or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States, is involved...